American Coach: American Tradition locked bay door

[cpp8284]

One of the bay doors on our 2011 American Tradition will not unlock. The auto lock does not help. The key will turn to the left, but will not turn to the right. All other doors work okay. Any one have a suggestion on how to get into the door?

[Green D]

Nothing much to offer but have you tried pushing in on the door to see if taking the pressure off the latch would help?
Possible to entry bay area next door and undo latch?

[THenman]

Happened on door to our def tank earlier this year on our 2016. That compartment did not have a floor. I could get under there and undo two nuts that help the U on that the latch hooked to. The I could adjust the position and got it working.
After that I lubed all the locks and it's now on my list of things to do regular.

So if you can get to back side it's not too bad to fix if it is like mine.

Good luck!

Tom

[cpp8284]

Thanks for all of the suggestions. I was able to go through an adjacent bay and remove the nuts from the u-bolt that the door latch connects to. The auto lock solenoid needs to be replaced. I found that another door also needs to have the solenoid replaced.

[jess1958]

did you find any good deals on the actuators